Treasury removes cap for Fannie and Freddie [1]. (Thanks to Jeff R. for the link.)
GG sent this piece in The New York Post by fellow near future novelist Ralph Peters: 2010: The year of bankrupt governments [2]. (And coincidentally, Ralph and I have the same literary agent, Robert Gottlieb.)
Items from The Economatrix:
Shoppers Give Stores Last-Minute Sales Surge [3]
Jobless Claims, Goods Orders Signal Modest Rebound [4]
Stocks End Shortened Session at New 2009 Highs [5]
Mortgage Rates Inch Above 5% [6]
Congress Raises Debt Ceiling to $12.4 Trillion [7]